Amazon ECR vs Azure Container Registry comparison

Amazon Web Services (AWS) and Microsoft are both solutions in the Container Registry category. Amazon Web Services (AWS) is ranked #2 with an average rating of 8.3, while Microsoft is ranked #4 with an average rating of 8.9. Amazon Web Services (AWS) holds a 18.0% mindshare in CR, compared to Microsoft’s 11.8% mindshare. Additionally, 100% of Amazon Web Services (AWS) users are willing to recommend the solution, compared to 95% of Microsoft users who would recommend it.

Amazon ECR

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Executive SummaryUpdated on Nov 2, 2025

Azure Container Registry and Amazon ECR are key players in the container registry service market. Azure Container Registry has a lead in security features and integration with Azure, while Amazon ECR is preferred for user-friendliness and AWS integration.

Features: Azure Container Registry offers role-based access control, geo-replication for global deployments, and vulnerability scanning. Amazon ECR provides seamless AWS service integration, image scanning for vulnerabilities, and is recognized for its user-friendly interface.

Room for Improvement: Azure Container Registry could enhance accessibility, automate scanning processes, and improve downtime reliability. Amazon ECR needs more comprehensive documentation, better third-party service integration, and a more user-friendly UI.

Ease of Deployment and Customer Service: Azure Container Registry and Amazon ECR support both public and private cloud deployments. Azure's customer support receives mixed reviews, while Amazon ECR benefits from consistent and reliable AWS support.

Pricing and ROI: Azure Container Registry offers varying pricing tiers and is slightly more expensive but justifiable with its Azure integrations. Amazon ECR’s pay-as-you-go model is budget-friendly and suits those invested in AWS.

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Categories and Ranking

Amazon ECR

Ranking in Container Registry

2nd

Average Rating

8.8

Reviews Sentiment

7.9

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Azure Container Registry

Ranking in Container Registry

4th

Average Rating

8.2

Reviews Sentiment

6.7

Number of Reviews

Ranking in other categories

No ranking in other categories

Mindshare comparison

As of November 2025, in the Container Registry category, the mindshare of Amazon ECR is 18.0%, up from 16.4% compared to the previous year. The mindshare of Azure Container Registry is 11.8%, up from 10.7% compared to the previous year. It is calculated based on PeerSpot user engagement data.

Container Registry Market Share Distribution
Product	Market Share (%)
Amazon ECR	18.0%
Azure Container Registry	11.8%
Other	70.2%

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Eli Chavez

Senior Project Manager at NTT DATA

Solution delivers consistent reliability and high stability

ECR is reliable, however, I don't consider it the best container registry available. The main reason is that it is not entirely based on the original Docker registry. For instance, I prefer Azure's ACR because, in ACR, there is no need to create repositories; I simply push. Logging into the repository and specifying the path automatically creates everything. This structure resembles an S3 setup with a container registry layout.

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Sanjay Sahu

Project Manager at Capgemini

Geo-replication and reliable deployments with private endpoints streamline our integration processes

We are using Azure Logic Apps in our integration, in addition to Azure Container Registry The geo-replication features of Azure Container Registry are powerful. They facilitate alias connectivity and architecture implementation with private endpoints. The integration with Azure Kubernetes…

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Quotes from Members

We asked business professionals to review the solutions they use. Here are some excerpts of what they said:

Pros

"The technical support services are excellent."

"The most valuable feature of Amazon ECR is its ease of use and the centralized management console."

"The most valuable aspect of ECR is its user-friendliness."

"The most valuable feature of the solution is the scanning of images for vulnerabilities."

"The most valuable feature of Amazon ECR is how it organizes the code and the infrastructure."

"In the case of Amazon ECR, there are various valuable features we can see. Currently, there are image-scanning capabilities that we use."

"The most tool's valuable feature is image scanning."

"There are no issues. The service is remarkably stable."

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"The solution allows you to isolate standard containers, which is its most valuable feature. Azure Container Registry does what it's supposed to do and gives you visibility into the Docker images, the logs, information on pulling and pushing the data, etc."

"The portability and elasticity features are the most valuable."

"It's running behind a big financial and legal customer, who runs Service Fabric behind a front door, servicing local banking containers on an ISV solution developed internally."

"The scanning of Docker images is the most valuable feature."

"The solution has built-in resiliency and replication zone availability so it is very stable."

"Specific tokens can be used to set folder structure or restrict things like read or write access."

"Azure Container Registry is an easy-to-install, easy-to-configure, and easy-to-deploy solution."

"The whole package is valuable as it allows for easy application cloning and deployment."

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Cons

"One area for improvement in Amazon ECR is its complexity. It's pretty complex for newbies, particularly learning about private repositories, including how to access Amazon ECR through AWS Identity and Access Management (IAM)."

"If I could use less code and have more of the user interface provide predictions of the coding required in my CLI or Terraform, that would be nice."

"Amazon ECR should improve the integration with Amazon CloudWatch. For example, allowing us to monitor the queues better. Additionally, some of the features could be made more accessible."

"There were a few issues related to the roles, policies, and retrieval of data when trying to fetch images for deployment on Amazon ECS. This can involve permissions and configuration complexities."

"The UI for managing ECR and other services could be improved. It could be user-friendly compared to other cloud services."

"The Amazon ECR interface could benefit from improvements to enhance user experience."

"Amazon ECR needs to improve its downtime."

"I suggest making it more aligned with the Docker registry version two API specification."

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"Implementation needs improvement. We have a lot of open, online sources. Doing a deployment is easy for us. The only issue is when we have VPN connections and we try to pull the images from Container images to the local Dockers, it slows down."

"The solution could always improve its security measures with regard to access."

"The accessibility of Azure Container Registry also has room for improvement because the solution is not always accessible 24 x 7. I experienced this three times when the service wasn't responding, so I could not push or pull images, and I had to decommission Azure Container Registry and redeploy it."

"Lacks the option of having access keys stored in a master key vault."

"The security, dashboards, and monitoring system could be improved."

"We have found that it is sometimes difficult to pull images from the host application."

"The setup for Azure Container Registry was a bit complex. Still, the main problem was that whenever a new image was generated, that new Docker image needed to be updated in Azure Container Registry."

"We have not explored geo-replication features."

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Pricing and Cost Advice

"My company currently has Amazon ECR under the pay-as-you-go model. The tool is more affordable than Azure Container Registry, and it's worth the money."

"The main difference between Amazon ECR and other solutions, like Google Kubernetes Engine, is that I haven't personally used GKE. However, I know that GKE costs around $60 per month, which is quite cost-effective."

"The solution's price is reasonable compared to its competitors"

"The solution's prices are high in India as compared to the US."

"Amazon ECR does not have a high cost."

"The product is expensive."

"The Premium version includes some enhancements but is still quite okay with regard to pricing."

"The product is competitively priced."

"I have no information on how much Azure Container Registry costs. I know it's the only solution my institution can use, so the cost was approved."

"Azure is a bit expensive."

"I would rate the pricing four out of ten."

"Azure Container Registry, has no cost, but you pay for storage service."

"When using Azure Container Registry, it was $1.5 or $1.6 per day, but I'm unsure how much it costs today."

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Top Industries

By visitors reading reviews

Computer Software Company

14%

Financial Services Firm

14%

Manufacturing Company

Insurance Company

Financial Services Firm

13%

Computer Software Company

13%

Manufacturing Company

Comms Service Provider

Company Size

By reviewers

Large Enterprise

Midsize Enterprise

Small Business

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	11
Midsize Enterprise	4
Large Enterprise	7

By reviewers
Company Size	Count
Small Business	6
Midsize Enterprise	6
Large Enterprise	10

Questions from the Community

What do you like most about Amazon ECR?

One feature of Amazon ECR that I find particularly useful is its web interface, which makes management easy. The ability to manage and support token image updates is crucial for us. Moreover, utili...

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Amazon ECR?

I haven't observed the costs associated with Amazon ECR services in detail.

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What needs improvement with Amazon ECR?

I would appreciate a feature in Amazon ECR that allows direct image downloads from open source into ECR, bypassing the current need to first pull the image to my server. This would streamline the p...

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What do you like most about Azure Container Registry?

Azure Container Registry is an easy-to-install, easy-to-configure, and easy-to-deploy solution.

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What is your experience regarding pricing and costs for Azure Container Registry?

The pricing is on the lower side and not costly. Customers usually pay approximately $500 USD monthly, though this includes multiple services, not just the Azure Container Registry.

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What needs improvement with Azure Container Registry?

The essential tools such as the VMs and Azure Container Registry meet our needs. We have not explored geo-replication features.

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Also Known As

Amazon Elastic Container Registry

Microsoft Azure Container Registry

Overview

Amazon Elastic Container Registry (ECR) is a fully-managed Docker container registry that makes it easy for developers to store, manage, and deploy Docker container images. Amazon ECR is integrated with Amazon Elastic Container Service (ECS), simplifying your development to production workflow.

Amazon Web Services (AWS)

Azure Container Registry allows you to build, store, and manage container images and artifacts in a private registry for all types of container deployments. Use Azure container registries with your existing container development and deployment pipelines. Use Azure Container Registry Tasks to build container images in Azure on-demand, or automate builds triggered by source code updates, updates to a container's base image, or timers.

Microsoft

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